Ms. Goodman has a BA in History & Art History, and a Masters in Library and Information Studies
both from McGill University, and has done graduate work in Jewish history at Concordia
University as part of the MA in Judaic Studies degree program, where she focused Medieval & Modern
Judaism and her thesis focused on American Jewish History & Southern Jewish History, particularly
Jews life during the Civil War. She also has a DCS in Communications, with an emphasis on the
Fine Arts from Vanier College.

Ms. Goodman had contributed to the news sections of Military History and Vietnam Magazines, and was also the former Editor/Features Editor for the History News Network (HNN), and had
worked for HNN from 2004-2010.

ISRAEL MUSINGS ISRAEL MUSINGS: OP-EDS & ARTICLES Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Iran political football in the partisan war By Bonnie K. Goodman Government March 1, 2015 As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on his trip to the United States on Sunday, March 1, 2015, Secretary of State John Kerry and Speaker of the House […]

ISRAEL POLITICAL BRIEF ISRAEL POLITICAL BRIEF: ISRAEL NEWS PM Netanyahu’s Remarks Before Leaving for Washington Source: PMO, 3-1-15 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks before departing for the US: “A few days before the Fast of Esther, I am leaving for Washington on a fateful, even historic, mission. I feel that I am […]

ISRAEL MUSINGS ISRAEL MUSINGS: OP-EDS & ARTICLES Obama’s revenge chooses Netanyahu bashing Susan Rice to speak at AIPAC By Bonnie K. Goodman Government February 26, 2015 President Barack Obama has filled his slate of speakers for the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference on March 1-3, 2015 he has decided to send national security […]

ISRAEL MUSINGS ISRAEL MUSINGS: OP-EDS & ARTICLES Netanyahu determined to address Congress about Iran insists not about Obama February 11, 2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to debunk to the rumors surrounding his upcoming Joint Address to Congress in a statement to the press and on Twitter on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Netanyahu wanted […]

ISRAEL POLITICAL BRIEF ISRAEL POLITICAL BRIEF: ISRAEL NEWS President Rivlin eulogizes victims of Paris attack Source: MFA, 1-13-15 MFASummaryNew Regardless of what may be the sick motives of terrorists, it is beholden upon the leaders of Europe to act, and commit to firm measures to return a sense of security and safety to the Jews […]

ISRAEL POLITICAL BRIEF ISRAEL POLITICAL BRIEF: ISRAEL NEWS Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Remarks at the Funeral of the Four Victims of the Terrorist Attack at the Hyper Cacher in Paris Source: PMO, 1-13-15 יום שלישי כ”ב טבת תשע”ה We see the extent of your grief, the depth of your sorrow. When I embraced you in […]

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Officer and Professor Faulted for Confrontation at Home

The Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Cambridge police sergeant who arrested him last July missed opportunities to “ratchet down” an avoidable confrontation that set off a national debate on race, class and policing, according to a report released Wednesday by an independent panel.

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“The committee believes that the incident was sparked by misunderstandings and failed communications between the two men,” said the report, titled “Missed Opportunities, Shared Responsibilities.”

It was written by the Cambridge Review Committee, a 12-member group of law enforcement officials, community members and experts on race relations and conflict resolution that was convened in September to review the arrest of Professor Gates and make recommendations to the police on issues of race and police authority….READ MORE